BULLETIN 209] [MARCH, 1913 



Ontario Department of Agriculture 



ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



(A Revised Edition of No. 155) 



Farm Forestry 



E. J. ZAVITZ 



IXTEODUCTION. 



This bulletin has been prepared to assist the farmer and small landowner 

 of the Province of Ontario to give more rational treatment to the wooded and 

 waste portions of his land. 



Xo space is devoted to arguments showing why the woodlot should be cared 

 for nor why waste lands should be planted. It is assumed that the reader is 

 beyond that stage and desires to make improvements if they can be made in a 

 practical manner. 



Through such mediums as the agricultural press, the Farmers' Institutes, and 

 Experimental Union, much has been done to advance the cause of farm forestry, 

 Many prominent men in agriculture have seen the need of conserving a portion 

 of our woodlands and re-planting the non-agricultural soil, which should never 

 have been denuded. 



Owing to the peculiar nature of a forest crop, in that it takes so long from 

 the planting to the hanest, the individual is very liable to shirk his responsi- 

 bility. It has been found in the older countries of Europe that Forestry must 

 have the aid and supervision of the State if anything like a rational policy is to 

 exist. It is fitting that the farmer should receive all possible assistance in im- 

 proving conditions which will in many cases benefit posterity more than the 

 present generation. 



An endeavor has been made to make this publication practical for the 

 farmer, and as far as possible technical language has been avoided. Various 

 things have been suggested which might not be practical for the large landowner. 

 However, the farmer is especially fitted to carry out work as outlined in tliese 

 pages, as he has a knowledge of plant life in relation to the soil ; he has the 

 equipment for such work and he can personally superintend and give it future 

 inspection. 



LIST OF FOEEST TEEES IN ONTAEIO. 



Most species of our native trees have synonymous names varying with locality. 

 An example of this is the common maple of Ontario, which is called Sugar Maple, 

 Eock Maple, and Hard Maple. To avoid confusion in this publication it is neces- 

 sary to agree upon some common name. 



Canadian and American species have been given the vernacular and scientific 

 names adopted by Bulletin ISTo. 17, of the Division of Forestry, IT. S. Department 



